WPL 2023: Fifty and hat-trick from Deepti Sharma boost UP Warriorz to 1-run win against Delhi Capitals

The ace all-rounder Deepti Sharma produced a memorable efficiency to boost UP Warriorz to a 1-run win against Delhi Capitals within the essential Women’s Premier League 2024 sport on Friday.

Deepti top-scored with 59 runs off 48 balls to assist UP Warriorz publish 138 batting first and then took a hat-trick to bowl out Delhi Capitals on 137. A win saved UP Warriorz alive within the race for the knockout qualification with six factors in seven video games. 

Captain Meg Lanning saved the sport in favour of Delhi for almost all of the time together with her fourth fifty of the season. But Deepti Sharma’s two massive wickets within the nineteenth over paved the way in which for the Warriorz’s comeback adopted by a match-winning three-wicket heroics from Grace Harris within the twentieth over. 

Alyssa Healy received the toss and recalled Tahlia McGrath who changed Chamari Athapaththu within the taking part in eleven. South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp missed the sport for Delhi and was changed by Annabel Sutherland. 

After shedding Kiran Navgire early within the second over, Alyssa Healy and promoted Deepti Sharma added 46 runs for the second wicket. Healy departed after scoring 29 runs and then Warriorz witnessed a collapse. 

Deepti managed to pull her second consecutive fifty by scoring 59 off 48 balls as UP Warriorz posted 138/8 in 20 overs. Radha Yadav and Titas Sidhu picked two wickets every for disciplined Delhi Capitals.

Saima Thakor gave UP Warriorz a optimistic begin with Shafali Verma’s massive wicket within the fourth over however Lanning and Alice Capsey saved Delhi in a driving seat with a 45-run stand for the second wicket. Deepti dismissed Lanning on the final ball of the 14th over to elevate some hopes for UP Warriorz within the closing phases.

Deepti subsequent returned to bowl within the nineteenth over when Delhi wanted simply 15 runs to win the sport. Deepti dismissed Annabel Sutherland and Arundhati Reddy on the back-to-back deliveries to full her maiden WPL hat-trick and introduced UP again within the sport

Deepti additionally dismissed Shikha Pandey on the fourth ball to declare her fourth wicket of the sport. Healy launched Grace Harris within the final over of the sport when Delhi wanted 10 runs to win. The Australian batting all-rounder conceded a six off Radha Yadav on the very first ball however made a sensational comeback with three wickets on three balls, one from a run out, to bowl out Delhi on 137. 

UP Warriorz Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhu